flyboat

noun

fly·​boat

1

: a large flat-bottomed coasting boat formerly widely used but now chiefly Dutch

2

: any of various fast boats (as a fishing boat, a ship's boat)

Word History

Etymology

partial modification, partial translation of Dutch vlieboot, from Vlie, channel between the North sea and the Wadden Zee, Netherlands + boot boat

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